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Catalog: 2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook Program: Elementary Education, AA [ELEM-AA, 60 Total Credits]

Elementary Education, AA [ELEM-AA, 60 Total Credits]

DESCRIPTION

This degree is designed to provide for the first two years of college preparation for students wanting to become elementary education teachers and/or who plan to become a paraprofessional (Instructional Aide).

ACADEMIC MAPS

Click the link to view the different maps for degree completion and transfer: Academic Maps: AA Elementary Education

Student Learning Outcomes

Apply the dimensions of multicultural education to support appropriate pedagogical practices for teaching diverse students in Elementary Education.
Select technology tools for integration across the curriculum in Elementary Education.
Synthesize the major theoretical perspectives and methods of educational psychology to teaching, learning, and schooling in Elementary Education.
Choose formative and summative techniques for evaluation and modification with group and individual instruction and learning strategies in Elementary Education.
Evaluate the historical, legal, and philosophical foundations and issues related to contemporary elementary education.

General Education Requirements (32 Credits)

Mathematics (3 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

MATH 123 - Statistical and Geometrical Concepts for Elementary School Teachers
Credits: 3

_{REMINDER: If a student does not place into the correct college-level MATH course, they are required to complete a preparatory or prerequisite course(s) or attempt to gain a higher score on the MATH placement exam. Such preparatory or prerequisite courses are not part of the degree, may delay degree completion, and will cause the student to complete more credits then the total listed on this degree.}

English Composition (6-8 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

ENG 100 - Composition Enhanced
Credits: 5

or ENG 101 - Composition I
Credits: 3

or ENG 110 - Composition I for International and Multilingual Students Expanded
Credits: 1-6

or ENG 113 - Composition I for International Students
Credits: 3

and

ENG 102 - Composition II
Credits: 3

or ENG 114 - Composition II for International Students
Credits: 3

Analytical Reasoning (3 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning
Credits: 3

or PHIL 102H - Critical Thinking and Reasoning – Honors
Credits: 3

Natural Science (10 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

BIOL 101 - Biology for Non-Majors
Credits: 4

and CHEM 105 - Chemistry, Man and Society
Credits: 3

and GEOG 103 - Physical Geography
Credits: 3

Humanities (7 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

COM 101 - Oral Communication
Credits: 3

and World Languages 111 or above (this includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI)

Social Science (3 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)

or CRJ 104 - Introduction to Administration of Justice
Credits: 3

or any ECON prefix course

or HHP 150 - Living Healthy and Well
Credits: 3

or HHP 201 - Stress Management
Credits: 2

or HHP 213 - Healthy Aging
Credits: 3

or PHIL 135 - Introduction to Ethics
Credits: 3

or PHIL 205 - Science and Religion
Credits: 3

or PHIL 207 - Social and Political Philosophy
Credits: 3

or PHIL 216 - Philosophy of Human Nature
Credits: 3

or PHIL 244 - Bioethics
Credits: 3

or PHIL 245 - Contemporary Moral Issues
Credits: 3

or PHIL 246 - Philosophy of Law
Credits: 3

or PHIL 249 - Environmental Ethics
Credits: 3

or any PSC prefix course

or any PSY prefix course (except PSY 270)

or any SOC prefix course

or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
Credits: 3

Values and Diversity

All students MUST fulfill this requirement. Course chosen may also be used to fulfill the corresponding general education or special program requirements. EDU 280 fulfills this requirement.

Special Program Requirements (28 Credits)

Core Requirements (15 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

EDU 201 - Introduction to Elementary Education
Credits: 3

and EDU 203 - Introduction to Special Education
Credits: 3

and EDU 214 - Preparing Teachers to Use Technology
Credits: 3

and EDU 220 - Principles of Educational Psychology
Credits: 3

and MATH 122 - Number Concepts for Elementary School Teachers
Credits: 3

Fine Arts (3 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

any ART prefix course

or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
Credits: 3

or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)

or PHO 101 - Beginning Photography
Credits: 3

or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

Four Credit Options

HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
Credits: 4

or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Credits: 4

Six Credit Options

HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
Credits: 3

and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
Credits: 3

HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877

and HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
Credits: 3

Program Electives (6 Credits)

^{Select courses appropriate to the Elementary Education Major in conjunction with transfer institution requirements. See an academic advisor/counselor for course selection.}

Recommended:EDU 280 (also satisfies Values and Diversity Requirement); ECE 260 ; CHEM 106 (lab); GEOG 104 (lab); World Languages 112 or above (this includes the following prefixes: ARA, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, and SPAN).

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